Patents by Inventor Jerry Best

Jerry Best has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optimal control system for refrigeration-coupled thermal energy storage
    Patent number: 4940079
    Abstract: A refrigeration-coupled thermal energy storage control system includes apparatus and methodology for establishing target cooling and heating storage conditions, and selecting between cooling and heating modes, based upon outdoor temperature history, and for operating the system until the target storage conditions are achieved. In the cooling mode, cooling storage quantity increases with increases in outdoor temperature, and in the heating mode heating storage quantity increases with decreases in outdoor temperature. The system further includes apparatus and methodology for biasing operation of cooling, heating and domestic hot water production modes during off-peak periods, rather than during one-peak periods. The system incorporates logic for fan coil pump seasonal interlocking, outdoor heat exchanger fan operation, outdoor heat exchanger coil defrosting, and compressor crankcase heater operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Assignee: Phenix Heat Pump Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Best, Richard C. Bourne, Marc Hoeschele, Willem Bos